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Numbers 1:28

From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The passage functions as a procedural entry in a military census, recorded between the complete count of Judah and the final tally of Issachar.

The words — תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥/ם (tol.do.Ta/m) means their genealogies or official records, and לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖/ם (le./mish.pe.cho.Ta/m) indicates the structural division into their clans.

The thread — The tribe’s naming, progeny, and prophetic description appear in Genesis 30:18, Genesis 46:13, and Genesis 49:14.

Why it lands — The text establishes that military service eligibility was strictly bounded by documented family lineage, verified age, and physical capacity.

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The Hebrew words

לִבְנֵ֣יli/v.Neiof/ [the] descendants ofיִשָּׂשכָ֔רyi.so.sh.KharIssacharתּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtol.do.Ta/mgenealogies/ theirלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םle./mish.pe.cho.Ta/mto/ clans/ theirלְבֵ֣יתle./Veitto/ [the] house ofאֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.Ta/mancestors/ theirבְּמִסְפַּ֣רbe./mis.Parby/ [the] number ofשֵׁמֹ֗תshe.Motnamesמִבֶּ֨ןmi./Benfrom/ a son ofעֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.Rimtwentyשָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]וָמַ֔עְלָהva./Ma'.la/hand/ up/ -wardsכֹּ֖לkoleveryיֹצֵ֥אyo.Tze'[one who] goes forthצָבָֽא׃tza.Va'warfare

King James Version

Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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